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94 was in light-house duty on Ohio river. Failing in health, he was retired "from active service, 23 Feb., 1885. — Another son, John James, clergyman, b. in New Lisbon, Ohio, 3 Feb., Ib48, was graduated at Trinity college, Hartford, Conn., in 1863. He began the study of medicine, but abandoned it to enter the Protestant Episcopal ministry. He served during a short campaign in West Virginia as lieutenant in the 1st Virginia volunteers, a regi- ment recruited almost exclusively from Ohio. He has held pastorates in Detroit, Mich., and East Hartford, Conn., and since 1883 has been professor of modern languages in Ti'inity college. He was editor of the " Church Weekly."' is a frequent con- tributor to periodicals, and is the author of " Pat and the Council " (New York, 1870).

McCORD, David James, lawyer, b. in Fort Motte, S. C, in January, 1797 ; d. in Columbia, S. C, 12 May, 1855. He was graduated at South Carolina college in 1816, studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1818. From 1825 till 1827 he was state reporter, and in 1825 he was made in- tendant, or mayor, of Columbia, S. C. Between 1828 and 1830 he travelled in Europe, and wit- nessed the revolution in Paris. He returned to Carolina during the niiUiiication excitement, en- tered the legislature, and was active as an advocate of extreme state rights. For many years Mr. Mc- Cord was chairman of the important committee on Federal relations, and exerted himself efficiently for the improvement of the judiciary system. As a trustee of South Carolina college, he became in- timate with Dr. Thomas Cooper, of whom he left interesting reminiscences. In 1836 he retired from the bar, became president of the state bank in Co- lumbia, and aided in establishing the " South Ca^ro- lina Law Journal," which was not long continued. In 1839 he was appointed compiler and editor of the " Statutes at Large of South Carolina," a work which had been begun by Dr. Thomas Cooper. After 1840 he devoted himself to agriculture as a cotton-planter, and contributed many papers upon political economy to the " Southern Review " and to '• De Bow's Review." He published '' Reports of Cases determined in the Constitutional Conven- tion of South Carolina" (4 vols., 1821-'8), and " Chancery Cases in the Court of Appeals of South Carolina " (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1827-'9).— His wife, Louisa Susaniiali, poet, b. in Columbia, S. C, 3 Dec, 1810 ; d. in Charleston, S. C, 27 Nov., 1880, was the daughter of Langdon Cheves, and was educated in Philadelpliia. In 1840 she married Mr. McCord, and settled on " Langsyne " planta- tion at Fort Motte, on Congaree river. She con- ducted the hospital on her plantation, attending to the negroes, and once set a fractured arm. Her publications are " Sophisms of the Protective Policy," a translation from the French of F. Bas- tiat (New York, 1848); a volume of poems entitled "My Dreams" (Philadelphia, 1848); " Caius Gracchus," a tragedy (New York, 1851) ; and nu- merous contributions to current literature.

McCORD, George Herbert, artist, b. in New York city, 1 Aug., 1848. He was a pupil of Moses Morse in 1866, and first exhibited in the Academy of design in 1868. In 1880 he was elected an asso- ciate, and in 1883 he received a silver medal at the Massachusetts charitable mechanics' institute ex- hibition, and in 1884 a bronze medal and diploma at the World's fair, New Orleans. During 1875-'8 he travelled in New England, Canada, Florida, and the west, where he made many sketches. Mr. Mc- Cord is a member of the American water-color so- ciety, the Salmagundi club, and the Artists' fund society, of which last he was secretary during 1878- '80. His principal works are " Sunnyside, Home of Washington Irving " (1876) ; " Cave of the Winds, Niagara," and '• Wintry Night, Fifth Avenue " (1878) ; " Near Biddeford, Maine," and " Napanock Mills" (1879); "Hunting Days" (1880); "Winter Evening on the Hudson " (1881) ; " Market Place, Montreal" (1882); "Vesper Hour" and "Where Swallows Skim " (1883) ; " Memory of June," " Ice Harvest," and " Cross-Road Bridge " (1884) ; " Old Mill-Race on Whippany River, New Jersey " (1885) ; and " Long Pond, New Hampshire " (1886).

McCORD, John, Canadian pioneer, b. in Ar- magh, Ireland, in 1711 ; d. in Montreal, Canada, in 1793. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, and among the first settlers in New France after the conquest. He was a strong advocate of the rights of the peo- ple, and was one of the leaders in the movement in 1773 to claim from Great Britain the fulfil- ment of its promise, made ten years before, to es- tablish in the province of Quebec a legislature similar to those in the other British colonies. He was chairman of the first meeting that was called for this purpose in Quebec. Mr. McCord opposed the measures that resulted in the Quebec act of 1774, which gave much offence to the British colo- nies in America, and which was an important factor in the causes of the Revolution. — His grandson,. John Samuel, Canadian jurist, b. near Dublin, Ire- land, 18 June, 1801 ; d. in Montreal, 28 June, 1865, came to Canada in 1806, studied law, and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1823. He engaged in practice until the rebellion in 1837, when he entered the volunteer service, raised a cavalry corps, com- manded a brigade, and was for a time in command of the whole military force of Montreal. After the restoration of peace he was appointed com- missioner of public works, and also a commis- sioner for the abolition of the feudal system in Canada. On the reorganization of the courts by the special council, he laecame a district judge and judge of the court of requests, and afterward judge of the circuit court. On the reorganization of the judiciary in 1857 he was appointed a judge of the superior court. He was an ardent student of natural history and meteorology, wrote impor- tant articles on the latter science, and was one of the founders of the Montreal natural history so- ciety and of the Art association of that city. He was successively vice-chancellor and chancellor of the University of Bishop's college, Lennoxville, and aided in introducing synods into the Church of England in Canada.

McCORKLE, Samuel Eusehius, clergyman, b. near Harris's Ferry, Lancaster co.. Pa., 23 Aug., 1746; d. in North Carolina, 21 Jan., 1811. In 1756 his family removed to Thyatira, N. C, and settled on the lands of the Earl of Granville. Samuel assisted his father in clearing and culti- vating the farm, and was afterward graduated at Princeton in 1772. He studied theology, was licensed by the presbytery of New York in 1774, and, after spending two years in Virginia, accepted a call from Thyatira, N. C. About 1785 he opened a classical school, which he called Zion-Parnassus, and which continued for ten or twelve years. In 1792 he received the degree of D. D. from Dickin- son. Dr. McCorkle published sermons, "Discourses on the Terms of Christian Communion," and " Discourses on the great First Principles of Deism and Revelation contrasted" (1797).

McCORMICK, Cyms Hall, inventor. b. in Walnut Grove, Va., 1*5 Feb., 1809 ; d. in Chicago, Ill., 13 May, 1884. He was educated at common schools, and then worked for his father on the farm and in workshops. At the age of twenty-